MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are set to host the WVU Invitational for the third time Nov. 17-19 at the Aquatic Center in Mylan Park, in Morgantown.
Racing begins on Thursday, November 17th with preliminary action set for 10:00am ET and finals set for 6:00pm on Friday and Saturday’s events will follow the same schedule.
Live results from the WVU Invitational are available on Meet Mobile, with diving results available throughout the weekend on DiveMeets.com.
The Mountaineers welcome eight swimming and diving programs, and seven additional diving programs to Morgantown this weekend. Colgate, Drexel, East Carolina (women), Old Dominion, Seton Hall, Villanova and William & Mary make up the swimming competition. In the diving well, Alabama, Army, Duquesne, James Madison, Liberty, Navy and Toledo will be in attendance.
Thursday’s action features the 200 freestyle, 500 free, 200 individual medley, 50 free and 400 medley relays. Friday continues with the 200 medley relay, 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 800 free relay. Action concludes Saturday with the 200 back, 100 free, 1,650 free, 200 breast, 200 butterfly and 400 free relay.
Racing from the diving well begins with the women’s 1m and 3m preliminaries at 12.30pm on Thursday, with the finals in the respective events starting at 6.15pm on Friday, the men’s 3m. and the women will participate in the 1 meter, starting at 12:30 and the finals at 18:15, after the completion of the first swimming relays.
The diving action ends on Saturday as the men and women move onto the platform. Preliminaries take place at 12:30 and the finals will take place at 18:00.
The Mountaineers last competed when they traveled to University Park, Pennsylvania for their second dual meet of the season on Nov. 4-5. of Nittany led off with a 208-92 victory over the women’s team on Friday night, followed by a 200.5-96.5 men’s loss on Saturday.
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